DARTMOUTH, N.S. — David James Leblanc, accused of kidnapping and raping a teen boy in a remote Nova Scotia cabin for more than a week, intends to plead guilty to some of the charges next week, says his lawyer.

Facing separate child pornography and sexual assault charges in a Dartmouth court on Thursday, Leblanc waived his right to a preliminary hearing and asked that the case be pushed together with the new charges. His lawyer, Mike Taylor, says Leblanc will plead guilty to some of the counts in the case involving the teen.

Last September a 16-year-old boy told police he had been abducted from Halifax and driven to a shack in Upper Chelsea, about 90 minutes away. The teen said he was held for 10 days in chains and raped by two men.

The boy managed to escape and get help from neighbours. He was still chained at the wrists and ankles and was wearing only a hoodie.

After a cross-country manhunt, Leblanc was arrested in northern Ontario. A second suspect, Wayne Alan Cunningham, was found dead on a logging road.